Hannover 96 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 9 November 2018

Result

Hannover 96 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga · Friday 9 November 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Hannover 96 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg: match report

Hannover 96 defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 9 November 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Linton Maina opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Hannover 96's goals came from Linton Maina (31') and Ihlas Bebou (62', penalty). VfL Wolfsburg scored through Wout Weghorst (82', penalty).

Discipline: Hannover 96 received 4 yellow cards; VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hannover 96 were 16th on 6 points from 10 and VfL Wolfsburg 11th on 12 points from 10. Hannover 96 went on to finish that season 17th with 21 points, and VfL Wolfsburg 6th with 55.

Hannover 96 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VfL Wolfsburg in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Esser of Hannover 96 (8.3), ahead of Ihlas Bebou (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hannover 96 wins, 3 draws and 3 for VfL Wolfsburg.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Linton MainaHannover 96 · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · WilliamVfL Wolfsburg
  • 62'Penalty goal · Ihlas BebouHannover 96 · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Matthias OstrzolekHannover 96
  • 70'Yellow card · Michael EsserHannover 96
  • 74'Yellow card · WalaceHannover 96
  • 82'Penalty goal · Wout WeghorstVfL Wolfsburg · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Waldemar AntonHannover 96
  • 90+3'Yellow card · John Anthony BrooksVfL Wolfsburg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hannover 96 4, draws 3, VfL Wolfsburg 3.

Team news

Hannover 96 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Michael Esser, Julian Korb, Waldemar Anton, Josip Elez, Matthias Ostrzolek, Walace, Marvin Bakalorz, Noah Sarenren, Ihlas Bebou, Linton Maina, Bobby Wood

VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-3-3)

Koen Casteels, William, Marcel Tisserand, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Yannick Gerhardt, Maximilian Arnold, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Daniel Ginczek, Wout Weghorst, Yunus Mallı